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Video of Picnic Presentation — start at 2' 10"
Update: Designing Conversations for Socially-Conscious Design
Summary
In a world of increasing complexity, our problems just seem to get worse and worse. While the activity we call "design" began at the dawn of civilization, “design thinking” has recently been proposed as a means to solve these “wicked problems”—as well as all but guarantee a path to innovation for organizations of all stripes.
But what is "design thinking"? And is it the panacea proposed?
In an unblinking assessment of where design is and where it could take us, Paul Pangaro offers a critique of design thinking grounded in a cybernetic perspective. He argues that conversations are the heart and substance of all design practice, and shows how a cadence of designed conversations is an effective means for us to comprehend, and perhaps begin to tame, our wicked problems.
What is conversation? How do we design for effective conversation?
More materials on designing for conversation
Notes on the Role of Leadership and Language in Regenerating Organizations
Design for a Self-regenerating Organization
Conversation figure after Dubberly Design Office.
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